It’s Friday, which means we are over at Kirkus! Today, Ana is talking about the annual Panic Season (when she realises her TBR Mountain has reached DefCon 1) and the books she must read before the year ends. Go…
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Title: Vanished Author: Sheela Chari Genre: Contemporary, Mystery, PoC, Middle Grade Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Publication Date: July 2011 Hardcover: 336 Pages Eleven-year-old Neela dreams of being a famous musician, performing for admiring crowds on her traditional Indian stringed instrument. Her…
Ash Mistry and the World of Darkness Blog Tour: Sarwat Chadda on Diversity and Writing Kick-ass PoC Characters
Sarwat Chadda, is the author of the fabulous Billi SanGreal books, featuring a teenage female Templar Knight as well as the kick-ass Ash Mistry series featuring Indian Mythology and a badass PoC hero. The third book, Ash Mistry and…
Old School Wednesdays Joint Review: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny (and often over-hyped)…
SFF in Conversation is a new monthly feature on The Book Smugglers in which we invite guests to talk about a variety of topics important to speculative fiction fans, authors, and readers. Our vision is to create a safe…
Hello everybody and a good Sunday to all! Just a quick round up of what is to come this week (and a giveaway winner) today. Giveaway Winner: The winner of a copy of Into The Grey is: MARY PRESTON…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a feature for books that have caught our eye: books we have heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar was…
Title: All Our Pretty Songs Author: Sarah McCarry Genre: Fantasy, Greek Mythology retelling, Young Adult Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin Publication Date: July 30 Paperback: 240 Pages The first book in an exciting YA trilogy, this is the story of…
Middle Grade Review Bonanza: Rump by Liesl Shurtliff, Aesop’s Secret by Claudia White, and Binny for Short by Hilary McKay
The Middle Grade Review Bonanza is a new feature of 2-3 mini-reviews for short (typically 250 pages or less) MG books we both really wanted to read. It’s a new Regular Thing (and we’d love to hear your thoughts…
Old School Wednesdays Readalong: Archer’s Goon by Diana Wynne Jones
Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny (and often over-hyped)…